Holder



Dec. 3,. 1935. g, STEWMANN 2,022,789

HOLDER Filed Dec. 6,. 1934 BRUNO 6727 MAI/VA Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application December 6, 1934, Serial No. 756,314 In Austria October 31, 1934 6 Claims. (01. 206-56) This invention has reference to holders for various articles, such as cosmetics, soap sticks, food-stuffs and so on, whereby they can be readily exposed as and to the extent required for use.

More particularly, the invention relates to a holder, comprising a sleeve-like container wherein an end closure member is slidable in the longitudinal direction towards the container opening, whereby the article contained in the packing is pushed forward by said closure member so as to project from the container ready for use.

According to the invention the container is made of a material which can be easily cut and has fitted therein a movable closure member which is guided by the walls of the container, and carries a cutting tool adapted, on rotation of the member, to take a shaving off the end of the container and so automatically advance said memher.

The cutting tool, for example a knife blade, is slantingly disposed, so that when the closure member is turned it cuts a spiral in the container of the packing. The blade is guided by the cut and by the closure member sliding along the walls of the container. The thickness of the shaving and therewith the amount of forward movement given to the bottom member when turned increases with angle enclosed between the cutting plane of the cutting tool and a plane located at right angles to the axis of the sleeve.

Care must be taken to assure that the cutting tool does not lose its position, when the shaving is removed. It is therefore of advantage to provide suitable means for assuring that the shaving is not detached at the edge of the cutting tool, but so as to leave a short stub which holds the cutting tool wedged therein and positions same ready for continuance of the operation of the cutting tool in the out already started upon the resumed rotation of the closure member.

In the accompanying drawing two embodiments of the packing according to the invention are illustrated by way of example.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the first embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding sectional view, the cutting tool being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a corresponding perspective view.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the second embodiment.

Fig. 5 is an end View of this embodiment, and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation.

Referring more particularly to' Figs. 1 to 3, the cylindrical sleeve 1 there illustrated is made of a composition, cardboard, wood or other scissible material and is provided at one end with a closure member 2 equipped with a piston-shaped portion 2 engaging the inner face of the sleeve I and thereby guiding the closure member axially. As the inner diameter of the packing sleeve I may 5 vary with certain limits it is also advisable to combine with the closure member a part 3 of resilient material; this part may be interchangeable.

The end closure member 2 is provided with a cutting tool in the form of a knife 4 which is 10 slantingly disposed with reference to a plane located at right angles to the axis of the sleeve, so that when the closure member is rotated the knife blade penetrates into the material-of the sleeve along a spiral line and takes off a shavl5 ing 5, the shaving itself assisting in guiding the blade 4. As the shaving 5 is produced the closure member 2 is advanced a distance corresponding to the spiral pitch and the article 8 contained in the sleeve I and contacting the closure member 20 is thereby pushed forward in the direction of the opening 6 of the sleeve. When required this opening may be closed by a lid 1.

The closure member carrying the blade 4 is shown mounted in a ring 9 and is rotatable with 25 the latter. Theouter face III of the ring 9 is preferably milled to facilitate its rotation by hand. If desired, the inner portions 2', 3 of the closure member may be omitted and the cylindrical inner face of the ring may be guided on the outer face of the sleeve.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6 the aforesaid ring is replaced by wings ll fixed laterally to the closure member, said wings facilitating the rotation of said closure member. A portion I2 of the closure member projects over the edge of the blade 4 and causes the shaving 5 to be detached at its edge [3 (Fig. 5). This assures that the blade does not lose its position when the shaving is detached, since the stub of the shaving remains standing after the shaving has been removed, so that the blade is wedged between it and the edge of the sleeve and is thereby retained in correct position for continuing the shaving and consequent advancement of the closure member and the article resting therein within the sleeve.

I claim:-

1. A holder for cosmetics, soap sticks and other articles, comprising a sleeve-like container of severable material provided with a displaceable closure member at one end, and a cutter carried by the closure member for shaving off the end of the Sleeve-like container and automatically advancing the closure member on turning the latter.

2. A holder for cosmetics, soap sticks and other articles, comprising a sleeve-like container of severable material provided with a displaceable closure member at one end, and a slantingly disposed cutter carried by the closure member for spirally shaving ofi the end of the sleeve-like container and automatically advancing the closure member on turning the latter.

3. A holder for cosmetics, soap sticks and other articles, comprising a sleeve-like container of severable material provided with a displaceable closure member engaging the wall of the sleevelike container, and a cutter carried by the closure member for shaving off the end of'the sleeve-like container and advancing the closure member on turning the latter, the closure member being formed with an opening through which the shavings separated from the container by the cutter are directed.

4. A holder for cosmetics, soap sticks and other articles, comprising a sleeve-like container of severable material provided with a displaceable closure member at one end, a cutter carried by the closure member for shaving off the end of the sleeve-like container and automatically advanccutter carried by the closure member for spirally shaving off the end of the sleeve-like container and automatically advancing the closure mem- 10 ber on turning the latter, and means ensuring detachment of the shaving at a short distance from the edge of the cutter.

6. A holder for cosmetics, soap sticks and other articles, comprising a sleeve-like container of 15 severable material provided with a displaceable closure member at one end, said closure member engaging the wall of the sleeve-like container, a cutter carried by the closure member for shaving off the end of the sleeve-like container and 20 automatically advancing the closure member on 1 turning the latter, the closure member being formed with an opening through which the shavings formed by the cutter are directed, and means ensuring detachment of the shaving at a short :5 distance from the edge of the cutter.

BRUNO STEINMANN. 

